Table 1

Examples of proteinases and peptidases purified by magnetic techniques

Purified enzyme
Source
Magnetic carrier
Affinity ligand
Further details
Reference

Aminopeptidase
Arabidopsis
Amine-terminated magnetic beads
N-1-Naphthylphthalamic acid
KCl gradient elution
[54]
Angiotensin-converting enzyme
Pig lung membranes
Dynabeads
Polyclonal antibodies

[57]
Bromelain
Commercial preparation
Polyacrylic acid – iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles

Elution with KCl solution
[59]
Caspase (recombinant, histidine-tailed)
Human cells
Magnetic agarose
Ni-NTA
Elution with SDS-PAGE buffer
[60]
Chymotrypsin
Commercial preparation
Magnetic chitosan beads

Elution with N-acetyl-D-tryptophan
[62]
NIa-protease (recombinant, histidine-tagged)
Plum Pox Virus
Magnetic core and nickel-silica composite matrix
Ni2+
Elution with imidazole containing buffer
[36]
Proteinases
Commercial sources
Magnetic cross-linked erythrocytes

Elution with low pH buffer
[46]
Proteinase, bacterial (Savinase)
Bacillus clausii
Silanized magnetite particles
Bacitracin

[84]
Trypsin
Porcine pancreatin
Silanized magnetite particles
p-Aminobenzamidine
Elution with low pH buffer
[50]

Porcine pancreatin
Magnetic polymer particles
Soybean trypsin inhibitor
Elution with low pH solution
[86]

Commercial preparation
Silanized ferrite powder
Soybean trypsin inhibitor

[87]

Commercial preparation
Magnetic κ-carrageenan particles
Soybean trypsin inhibitor
Elution with low pH solution, MSFB
[88][89]

Commercial preparation
Magnetic polyacrylamide beads
Soybean trypsin inhibitor
Magnetically stabilized fluidized beds
[90]

Commercial preparation
Magnetic chitosan particles
Aprotinin
Elution with low pH solution
[91]

Commercial preparation
Magnetic cross-linked erythrocytes

Elution with low pH buffer; separation from large volume sample
[19]
Urokinase
Crude urokinase preparation
Magnetic dextran, agarose, polyvinyl alcohol, polyhydroxyethyl methacrylate microspheres
p-Aminobenzamide, L-arginine methyl ester, guanidine hexanoic acid or guanidine acetic acid

[93]

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